PEOPLE v. HAAR

No. 78-113.

75 Ill. App.3d 770 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 763

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BARBARA HAAR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough and John H. Reid, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and E. Joyce Randolf, law student, for appellant.

Patrick J. Hitpas, State's Attorney, of Carlyle (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., and Curtis L. Blood, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Barbara Haar appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Clinton County entered on a jury verdict finding her guilty of the crime of attempted murder.

Appellant first contends that she was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because the State did not prove that she was not acting in self-defense when she stabbed James Renth with a knife. There...

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